My 2months pup is so good at biting. He loves to bite my fingers, hands and ankle. I cant even make a head scratch or pat his head.
Hi Jeimer, have a look at this link, it has some great information. http://www.thelabradorsite.com/labrador-puppies-biting/
This is perfectly normal. He needs to learn from you that it is not acceptable. Most puppies get the message quite quickly.
Here is the best advice - http://www.thelabradorsite.com/labrador-puppies-biting/ Remember to be calm, consistent and determined but kind. It takes weeks, don't try various methods for a day or two and think 'that didn't work'. The only thing which didn't work with any of mine was the yelping - that just got them more excited. Always have toys and chews to hand to put in their mouth instead of your hands/ankles/clothes. I carry pockets full when the pups are small! ...
What @Boogie said. My puppy is 17 weeks and, whilst a lot better, still bites from time to time - mainly my husband, who doesn't understand her quite the same way I do, as I've spent two more months with her than he has. Consistency and kindness is the key.
Whenever Holly bit we called out and stopped playing with her. She started to associate biting with removal of the reward (play). Calling "ouch" is similar to what a litter mate would do if a puppy played too roughly. After a minute or two we'd carry on playing. Dogs have a very short attention span so she would have forgotten the incident by then. Over the course of a few weeks the biting really died off.
Stopping play works. The 'ouch' is just background noise to a dog imo - we don't speak puppy anything like littermates do. Dogs can ignore each other too. But there is no harm trying it, some pups may respond. And you are right, imo, about withdrawing for a short time, any longer makes no sense to the dog. On dog language - Tatze can growl at Mollie if she gets too much - Mollie totally ignores it. Zaba can growl and Mollie steps in line - she never ever jumps on Zaba unless he allows it (which he often does, but he can always draw the line. Tatze can't, she loves Mollie too much - so we draw the line for her by having an 'enough' command for the pups to stop) ...
Yelping definitely didn't work for us. We really turned a corner once we set a playpen up in the living room, put puppy inside and played with her in the pen. When she bit we just stood up and left for a few second before going back in. It's only n=1 science but she got much better very quickly after we started doing that. I still have scars on my fingers though, she was a little terror between 10-12 weeks!
Yes that was the thing that shocked me the most when we bought Red home 3 weeks ago particularly when the grandchildren come round. Now at 11 weeks, she is still biting but nowhere near as much. We say 'no biting', disengage with her and say 'ouch'. Can't believe we naively came down that first morning with no slippers on our feet - boy did we learn fast!
Which is best after we woke up? Give him his breakfast then gofor a walk or go for a walk then breafkfast?
Whatever works best for you. If you are doing training, you may find he's more responsive to treats before breakfast. But some dogs are a bit "silly" when very hungry, so breakfast first works better. Find out what works for your dog.
Either but dogs shouldn't have vigorous exercise just before or just after meals. I make sure mine rest for an hour after each meal. ...
